Der amerikanische Soldat / Janus Films ; [presented by] Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Produktion, antiteater ; ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, screenwriter, film director, actor, composer (expression), art director, director, composer, art director.

Scheydt, Karl, actor, actor.

Sorbas, Elga, actor, actor.

George, Jan, actor, actor.

Bohm, Hark, 1939- actor, actor.

Aicher, Marius, 1944- actor, actor.

Trotta, Margarethe von, actor, actor.

Lommel, Ulli, actor, actor.

Schaake, Katrin, actor, actor.

Caven, Ingrid, actor, actor.

Scholz, Eva-Ingeborg, 1928-2022, actor, actor.

Raab, Kurt, 1941-1988, actor, art director, art director.

Hermann, Irm, actor, actor.

Datz, Gustl, 1904-1984, actor, actor.

Lohmann, Dietrich, 1941-1997, director of photography, director of photography.

Paetzold, Herbert, director of photography, director of photography.

Raben, Peer, composer (expression), composer.

Eymèsz, Thea, editor of moving image work, editor.

Kaufmann, Günther, 1947-2012, singer, singer.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, presenter.

Antiteater (Organization), producer.

Criterion Collection (Firm), producer.

Janus Films, producer.

Series:

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Early Fassbinder Series 39,

Eclipse from Criterion Collection. Series 39. Early Fassbinder

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Drama.

Murder for hire--Drama.

Police--Germany--Munich--Drama.

Police corruption--Germany--Munich--Drama.

Murder for hire.

Police.

Police corruption.

Veterans.

Germany--Munich.

Genre:

Gangster films.

Action and adventure films.

Crime films.

Feature films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Other Title:

English title on container and disc label: American soldier

Place of Publication:

[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]

Language Note:

German dialogue with optional English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1.

digital

optical

mono

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

In this virtuoso deconstruction of gangster movie conventions, a Vietnam veteran becomes a hit man for the Munich police.

Participant:

[Karl Scheydt], Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Hark Bohm, Marius Aicher, Margarethe von Trotta, Ulli Lommel, Katrin Schaake, Ingrid Caven, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Kurt Raab, Irm Hermann, Gustl Datz, [Rainer Werner Fassbinder].

Credits:

Cinematographer, Dietrich Lohmann, Herbert Paetzold ; music, Peer Raben ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; song "So much tenderness" by Fassbinder/Raben ; sung by Günther Kaufmann ; [art direction by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab].

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1970 under German title : Amerikanische Soldat

(1.33:1) aspect ratio.

Issued as part of 5-disc set with Katzelmacher, Gods of the plague, Love is colder than death, Beware of the holy whore : Early Fassbinder

ISBN:

9781604657708

1604657707

9781604657661

1604657669

OCLC:

855916091

Publisher Number:

ECL176 Criterion Collection (set)

ECL180 Criterion Collection